Health Topics

Drowning

Health information topics about Drowning:

Children

    1. How to Plan for the Unexpected: Preventing Child D
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
    http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/359.pdf

    2. Staying Safe While in the Water
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/water_safety.html

    3. Most Kids Who Drowned Were Supervised, Study Finds
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/breaking_news/drown.html

    4. Staying Safe in the Water
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/water.html

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Drowning
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D004332&recruiting...

Organizations

    1. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

    http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/

    2. Consumer Product Safety Commission

    http://www.cpsc.gov/

Overviews

    1. Drowning
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    http://www.cdc.gov/communication/tips/drowning.htm

    2. Water Safety Tips
    American Red Cross
    http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/healthtips/safetywater.html

    3. Water Safety Fact Sheet
    Emergency Nurses Association
    http://www.ena.org/encare/fact/watersafety.pdf

Prevention/Screening

    1. Pool and Spa Safety
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
    http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/chdrown.html

    2. Turn Around, Don't Drown
    National Weather Service
    http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tadd/images/tadd_brochure_srh.pdf

    3. Home Water Hazards for Young Children
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.aap.org/family/homewatr.htm

    4. Children Drown and More Are Injured from Hair Entr
    Consumer Product Safety Commission
    http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5067.html

    5. Beach and Surf Safety
    American College of Emergency Physicians
    http://www.acep.org/webportal/PatientsConsumers/HealthSubjectsByTopic/Safet...

    6. Swim Safely This Summer
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01471

Related Issues

    1. Floods
    Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencypreparedness/guides/floods.html

Research

    1. New Research Shows Nearly 9 out of 10 of Children
    National Safe Kids Campaign
    http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=14291&folder_id=300

Statistics

    1. Water-Related Injuries
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drown.htm

Teenagers

    1. Making Water Safety a Splash
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/teen/safety/safebasics/water_safety.html

Treatment

    1. CPR
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/cpr.html

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